Cigarette rolling device



Nov. 20, 1934. FOUGNER 1,980,989

CIGARETTE ROLLING DEVICE Filed Jan. 12, 1933 INVENTOR WITNESSES 73 Maggy K. Fouyzz'er 564M? /iay a I FATTORNEY I;

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UNITED STATES rfArsNT OFFICE intimate, r clcicm c scujnie DEVICE Nicolay K. Fmigiie uew YorlgtN. Y; awesomeness 12, 1933,.saa1 Nc. c51,4 12:

6 c ai s; "(o 1 1e1 5 This invention relates to devices for rolling Within the scope of the invention the rolling decigarettes and aims to provide an extremely sirnvice may be made as a separate entity. In its ple but highly efficient device, by virtue o'fwhi'ch preferred form, the rolling device as disclosed anyone without possessing any extraordinary deconsists of a sheet-of flexible'material of a 5 gree of skill or previous experience is enable to ex- Width corresponding approximately to the length peditiously produce cigarettes, U of a standard cigarette and of alength exceeding The invention further comprehends a device the same. In the concept of the invention illus- Which may be so inexpensively produced that it trated, where the rolling device is incorporated in may be made as an adjunct to and incorporated and forms part of a cigarette. paper package, one H 10 in a package of cigarette papers or a container end 16 of the sheet l5 is secured to the package of tobacco as a part thereof, whereby it may be cartonor ca sing 10 in any suitable manner, while discarded when the supply of papers or tobacco is theremaining portion of the sheet extends outexhausted, it being understood that if desired, the Wa-rdly beyond one side edge of said casing or cardevioe may be more elaborately and expensively ton. Adjacent the'free or unsecured endthereof, 15 made as an article separate from such packages or the sheet 15 is so fashioned as to render the same containers and of such value as to be preserved; rigid in the direction of its width and flexible in for a considerable length of time. t e t n of t e hi m y be m- With these and other objects in view, reference plished in I S, Ways; b t for t 'p p of is made to the following specification and accom e p esent disclosure a plurality of spaced paral- 20 panying drawing, in which there is set forth a; 161 ribs 17 is applied tothe outer or lower surface,

preferred embodiment of the invention, while covering a predetermined area defined by the the claims define the actual scopethereof. f outer free edge 18 and between the side edges 19 In the drawing; i of thesheet 15, said'ribs terminating ata point Figure 1 is an outer or lower face view of the spaced from theedge of the cigarette papercas- 25 rolling device incorporated in a package of cigaing or carton from'which the sheet 15 protrudes.

rette papers and showing the device extended, This leaves a blank flexible area a which may be Figure 2 is a side view thereof. utilized for the purpose of printing or otherwise Figure 3 is an inner or upper face view with a app y thereto advertising att r or directions part of the cigarette package broken away and for using the rolling device. At the free end edge 30 shown in section, and illustrating the cigarette 18 of the sheet 15, t ere is provided at least one paper and tobacco positioned thereon for the iniprotruding tab 20, in the present instance one tial step in rolling the cigarette. being shown disposed transversely medial of the Figure 4 is a fragmentary plan view illustrating sheet 15, and saidtab having on the outer or lower the manner in which the cigarette is rolled. surface the ribs 1'7.

35. Figure 5 is an enlarged fragmentary side edge In use and operation, the surface a: of the view illustrating what may be termed the final sheet 15 is disposed uppermost, as shown in Figstep in the rolling of the cigarette. ure 3, and a cigarette paper 11 is positioned there- Figure 6 is a face view illustrating the rolling on with one longitudinal edge located to subdevice extended around and covering the cigarette stantially coincide with the outer free end edge 40 paper package. 18 of the sheet 15. If the cigarette paper is of Figure 7 is a side edge View therof, the type having a gummed edge 13 as illustrated, Referring to the drawing by characters of refthe gummed edge is disposed upwardly and said rence, A designates generally a cigarette paper gummed edg S arranged way rom the outer package of a standard type which consists of a nd ed e 1 as shown in Fi he tobacco 45- 'carton or casing 10, in which the cigarette papers t of an appropriate quantity is then laid on the 11 are arranged and from which they are withpaper adjacent the outer ungummed edge. While drawn through slots 12 formed in the carton or o d n a d Supporting the d v ce With the seccasing, 0nd fingers i and the thumbs 1', the two index The rolling device which constitutes the presfin r k r mp y d to v y istribute the 50 Ient invention is generally designated by the reftobacc a d e ut d 0 t h et 15, to-

erenoe character B, and while said device is shown gether With the Cigarette p p s old d Over as incorporated in and forming a part of the cigthe tobacco in the manner shown in F gure 4. arette paper package A, it is to be understood that After several preparatory operations of moving this only constitutes one manner of reducing the the turned over portion of the sheet 15 for- 55 invention to practice, as it is clearly evident that wardly and rearwardly between the thumbs 11o a and the index fingers k, the gummed or inner edge 13 is moistened and the turned over edge of the sheet is then advance forwardly, wrapping the outer edge of I the cigarette paper around the tobacco, as clearly illustrated in Figure 5. At this point, the tab 20 bears against the cigarette paper, slides thereover, and causes the free edge of the sheet to also slide over the cigarette paper and functions to prevent the cigarette paper from wrapping around the outside of the sheet, as the tab directs the said edge 18 forwardly while the outer edge of the paper rolls inside of the gummed edge 13. The continued forward movement of the inturned edge of the sheet 15 will finally accomplish the complete wrapping of the paper around the tobacco t and the moistened gummed edge will adhere thereto, completing the rolling operation.

The upper or inner surface a: of the sheet 15 is of sufficient character to prevent slippage of the cigarette paper thereon while, the outeror lower ribbed surface will give the necessary traction to the fingers in accomplishing the rolling operations previously described.

The tab 20 in addition to performing the function' stated may serve the secondary purpose of retaining the'device in closed relation embracing the cigarette paper casing or carton 10 by inserting thesame within one of the slots 12', as clearly illustrated in Figures. 6 and '7.

A package of cigarette. paper, constituting a fixed part and located at one end of the wrap ping sheet, serves as a'iweight to hold this end of the sheet downwardly and prevents it from rolling upwardly while the other end of the. sheet is being manipulated to roll a cigarette.

While there has been illustrated and described a preferred embodiment. of the invention, no

.limitation is intended to the precise structural details set forth, as variations and modifications thereof which fall within the scope of the appended claims mayv beresorted to when desired.

,What is claimed is: I

1. A cigarette rolling device comprising a flexible sheet, and a cigarette pap'er engaging tab on the free end of the sheet narrower than the sheet.

2. A cigarette rolling device comprising a flexible sheet, and a cigarette paper engaging tab on the free end of the sheet narrower than the sheet, said tab located centrally of the sheet.

3. A cigarette rolling device comprising a flexible sheet, a cigarette paper engaging tab on the free end of the sheet narrower than the sheet, and ribs fixed to the back of the sheet and tab, said ribs stiffening the sheet and tab ,laterally and permitting flexibility longitudinally of the tab and sheet.

4. A cigarette rolling device comprising a flexible sheet, a cigarette paper engaging tab on the free end of the sheet narrower than the sheet, said tab. located centrally of the sheet, and ribs fixed tothe back of the sheet and tab, said ribs stiffening the sheet laterally and permitting flexibility longitudinally of the tab and sheet.

5. A cigarette rolling device comprising a sheet flexible longitudinally andrigidlaterally or transversely, a cigarette paper engaging tab fixed to one end of thesheet, and a cigarette paper package fixed to the other end of the sheet, said package so arranged as to permit 'a sheet of cigarette paper to be drawn therefrom directly onto the surface of the sheetto receive tobacco to be rolled into a cigarette.

6. A cigarette rolling device comprising a sheet flexible longitudinally and rigid transversely, said sheetadapted to receive a cigarette paper with tobacco thereon and adapted, when grasped adjacent its end portions between the thumb and fingers ofthe hands, to roll the cigarette paper around the tobacco and within the sheet, and a cigarette paper-engaging tab at the intermediate portion and at the free end of the sheet adapted to engage the cigarette paper and prevent it from winding or wrapping around the outside of the flexible sheet While the latter is rolling the cigarette.

NICOLAY K. FOUGNER.

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